Life-preserver.



N0. EMA-57. PatentedNov. 6, I900. G. PLUMMER.

LIFE PRESERVER.

(Application filed May 6, 1900.)

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SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 661,457, dated November6, 1900.

Application filed May 5,1900. Serial No. 15,605. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE PLUMMER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Boston, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in UniversalLife-Saving and Swimming Apparatus; and I do declare the following to beafull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willonable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in life-saving and swimmingapparatus.

The object of the invention is to produce a universal life-saving andswimming apparatus that can be readily used by men and W0- men withoutinconvenience; also, that can be easily adapted or adjusted to corpulentor lean, tall or short persons; also, that can be produced at acomparatively small expense; also, that can be quickly and easilyattached and detached'from a person; furthermore, that is not liable toget out of order and is always ready for use; also, that can be packedin a very small space, and, finally, that aids in the buoyancy as wellas the swimming operation.

Vlfith these objects in view my invention consists in the peculiarconstruction of certain details and the novel arrangement of parts, aswill be more fully described hereinafter and specifically pointed out inthe claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and theletters thereon.

Like letters indicate similar parts in the different figures of thedrawings, in which- Figure l represents a view of a man with my improvedz'tpparatus in position. Fig. 2 is a rear view of one of the tubesemployed. Fig. 3 is a side view of the same. Fig. 4 is an end view ofFig. 3.

In the drawings, A is the front tube, rounded at each end and flat onthe side lying against the body and having a semicircular exterior side.It extends from the upper part to the lower part of the body. Asimilartube B extends down the back in similar manner. These tubes, which Iterm the main or body tubes, are provided with cleats a and b at theirupper and lower ends, through which the belts or straps O and D pass,en-

circling the body. They can be adjusted by the buckles e (Z to bodies ofdifferent statures. A belt E passes through the cleats e e at the upperend of the tubes AB and extends over the shoulders,si milar tosuspenders, and thus suspends said tubes. Another belt G is passedthrough cleats ff at the lower end of the tubes, extending under thecrotch, and holds them in vertical position. It is also provided withbuckles for adjusting it.

On each side of the body are placed somewhat shorter tubes HI, that Iterm the arm tubes, which extend from under the arm to near the hips.These tubes are similarly provided with cleats 7L 1' at top and bottom,through which the belts O D also pass, thus securing all the tubes tothe body. The tubes can be lined or padded where they come in contactwith the body for comfort. The said tubes may be made of light copper,tin, aluminium, or other similar material and of any desired size andplain or ornamental. In connection with these tubes and belts the legattachments with pivoted fins, as also the handpaddles shown anddescribed in the applications having the Serial No. 735,828, of 1890,and Serial No. 10,649, of 1900, respectively, filed by me, may be usedfor propelling the body through the water, so as not only to float onthe water, butto pass through itin arapid manner.

The belts may be made of leather, canvas, or other suitable material,and the tubes can be painted, galvanized, or plated, if desired.

If desired, snap-hooks and rings may be used on the belts instead of thebuckles.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patcut, is-

In a life-saving and swimming apparatus, the combination of the singletube A, and the tube 13, arranged at the center of the front and back ofthe body, connected by shoulder-straps E, and bottom strap G, with thetubes H and I, arranged on the sides of the body under the arms, andconnected to said tubes A, B, by straps C, D, in the manner shown andspecified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE PLUMMER.

Witnesses:

G. Pnncv MOGLUE, GEORGE 'l. MoGLuE.

